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Bentsen Many-banded Daggerwing, upperside view - Marpesia chiron
Copyright © 2009 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Jose Uribe

Bentsen Many-banded Daggerwing, upperside view - Marpesia chiron
World Birding Center at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
November 20, 2008

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Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 16 July, 2009 - 7:23am

Very nice
it must be fairly rare?
… Lynette Elliott, 16 July, 2009 - 9:15am

 
Depends what country you are in...
In Mexico and southwards, no, it apparently is fairly common. In the LRGV, there has been an average of about one per year recently (but never when I'm nearby!). It sounds from what I read on-line that it is rarer in Florida and Arizona than in TX. Records away from the immediate border vicinity seem to be EXTREMELY rare.
… Joshua Stuart Rose, 16 July, 2009 - 11:04am

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